Unite is a new sitcom starring Radio 4 favourite Mark Steel (Mark Steel’s in Town, The News Quiz), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Mark’s son Elliot Steel (Roast Battle, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store), and Ivo Graham (Dave Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee 2019, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week).
London Wonderground, the major new summer festival on the former Earls Court 2 Exhibition Centre site, produced by Underbelly, has announced the first shows of its 2021 programme, which sees the very best in comedy, music, circus and family entertainment across its spectacular Big Top and the iconic upside-down purple cow, Udderbelly.
Adrian Edmondson fronts a new series on Radio 3 entitled Signs of Life.
Across this set of essays Edmondson considers moments of personal and social change. Not quite ready to commit to an autobiography he says, “there is an autobiographical urge somewhere inside me.”
Ep 1: Sugar Sugar
The winner of Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2021 has been announced as Nina Gilligan. The event, the first national comedy competition to have taken place this year, took place in front of a live, socially distanced audience at The Y Theatre, Leicester. 8 comedians from across the UK took part, after being nominated by respected comedy promoters from around the country. The runner up Union Jack Radio award was presented to Joseph Emslie. The competition has taken place each February,
Hannah Gadsby has added more UK performances of her new show Body of Work.
Due to demand, extra dates have been added to the UK run and Hannah has added additional shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Brighton and Edinburgh for this highly anticipated tour.
More acts have been added to the Underbelly Festival this summer, including Marcus Brigstocke and Rhod Gilbert.
Underbelly Festival returns in a brand-new location in Cavendish Square in the heart of Central London/
Comedian Katherine Ryan has confirmed that she is pregnant with her second child.
She appeared onstage at the Kentish Town 02 Forum in a tight dress that clearly revealed that she was expecting a baby.
Ryan was onstage recording her podcast Telling Everybody Everything.
This ends recent weeks of speculation when Ryan appeared on television shows and fans have commented on her appearance on social media.
Last month the Live Comedy Association released a survey which found that 50% of all workers in the comedy industry had lost over half of their annual income, and 81% had reported that their mental health had been negatively impacted by job and industry uncertainty during the pandemic.
Breeders, the honest and uncompromising comedy about the challenges of parenthood, has been renewed for a third series. Starring Emmy and BAFTA-winning Martin Freeman (Fargo, Sherlock, Black Panther) and International Emmy and BAFTA-nominated Daisy Haggard (Back to Life, Episodes, Black Mirror), the renewal coincides with the launch of the second series on Sky One and streaming service NOW on Thursday 27 May. All ten episodes will be available on demand.
Latitude festival, this year brought to you by headline partner cinch, returns to the picturesque grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, on 22nd-25th July 2021 with headliners Wolf Alice Chemical Brothers, Bastille, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bill Bailey, Katherine Ryan, Jo Brand Reginald D. Hunter and Simon Amstell topping a diverse bill where music meets the arts in a full on cultural explosion. Weekend and day tickets are on sale from today here
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